Red Bluff >> Red Bluff native Ashtin Lopeman has qualified to be one of four finalists in the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association National Anthem Contest, for which voting ends Nov. 30.

The 15-year-old daughter of Chuck and RaeC Lopeman is a sophomore at Red Bluff High School and is no stranger to singing in front of crowds, as her video entered for the contest shows. It was shot at a Professional Bull Riders event in Sacramento in front of about 13,000 people, Chuck Lopeman said.

Ashtin, who is a part of the Red Bluff High School choral program and studies music under Judi Richins at Red Bluff School of the Music Arts, has been singing the national anthem at events since she was eight and performing since seven, she said.

“The first place I ever performed was at the Reno Rodeo when I was eight with my friend Jennifer Peyton,” Ashtin said. “It was in front of several thousand people and it was a televised event.”

Ashtin has performed at the Cheyenne Frontier days and is excited about being in the competition. Participating in the contest is a great way of preparing to take her singing career to the next level as she plans to enter a contest next year to sing for the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas in December.

“It’s awesome to be a finalist,” Lopeman said. “I’ve never been in a national competition before. I kind of entered it on a whim and didn’t even think it was that great of a recording.”

The family heard about the contest through a friend on Facebook that tagged her in a post saying she thought Ashtin should compete, RaeC Lopeman said.

“I’m jazzed that she’s in the finals,” RaeC Lopeman said. “It’s a good opportunity for her. She doesn’t get too nervous, but to get the opportunity to enter such a contest and win against so many others is huge. She’s done local contests like the Exchange Club’s Search for Talent, but nothing this grand.”

Voting ends Nov. 30 and can be done once a day by visiting www.beefusa.org and clicking on the Singing USA National Anthem Contest.

If she wins, Ashtin would perform the national anthem at the USS Midway and opening ceremonies for the 2016 Cattle Industry Convention.

The winner will be announced on Dec. 4.

If Ashtin wins, she would receive two round-trip tickets to San Diego, a hotel room for four nights, free registration for two to the convention and a pair of boots, pair of jeans and shirt from Roper or Stetson.